Set of five spinning top, koma, in box Japan. The set consists of spinning top, container, lid with painted numbers and two stand components.These latter two pieces fit into the top of the barrel and the top is spun from the hollow in the top of the stand. When it stops spinning it falls in the direction of one of the numbers.
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